(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:53:53

Gla"den (?), n. [AS. glaedene, cf. L. gladius a sword. Cf. Gladiole.] Bot.

Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris fetidissima.

[Written also gladwyn, gladdon, and glader.]

 

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